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Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not life. To idolize scriptures is like eating paper currency.
"Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not life. To idolize scriptures is like eating paper currency."— Alan Watts
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Meaning of this quote
Symbols and texts can guide experience, but confusing them with what they represent misses their purpose.
Key takeaway:
Use teachings to deepen lived practice rather than replace it.
Origin of the quote
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966).
Who actually said this?
Book identified in a secondary bibliographic citation; exact wording should be checked in the named edition before calling it a verified verbatim quotation.
